Colby History

Brush up on some of Colby's impressive past events with Strider Years, which documents Robert E. Lee Strider's nineteen years as president of Colby College.
Want to learn more? College Historian and former Dean of the College, Earl H. Smith, chronicles Colby's interesting and surprising past in his very readable history,
Mayflower Hill: A History of Colby College. In addition,
Colby College: A Venture of Faith offers over 200 photographs that brings Colby's history to life.

Head of Falls

Set against the backdrop of a Lebanese-American mill town ghetto in the mid-1950s, this evocative work of historical fiction reflects a time when the emergence of television and the audacity of rock n' roll sparked the spirit of the young, and opened for them a new world of hope and possibilities.
Check out This fascinating story Here.

Crime Novels

Dig into captivating crime novels by Colby Alum, Gerry Boyle '78. In his first novel, Deadline, murder visits the seemingly sleepy town of Androscoggin, Maine. In the book,
New York Times crime reporter Jack McMorrow must struggle to find his way in the small, rural town, while undercurrents of violence draws him into deep and dangerous waters.
Check out more of Boyle's crime fiction here.

Intrigue and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz

New York Times Best Selling Author and Colby College Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English Tilar Mazzeo explores the history of
Hotel Ritz on the Place Vendome. Set against the backdrop of 1940s Nazi occupied Paris,
The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
reveals forbidden affairs and acts of defiance and treachery at one of the most luxurious hotels in the world.